Workshop on Spatial Cognition and Spatial Communication in Ageing Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)CNR Central Building, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 7 – Rome, Italy. 20th and 21st May, 2026. We invite submissions for this international workshop on all aspects of spatial communication and spatial cognition development and change throughout the lifespan, from early development through to the oldest old (focusing on both typical...

On September 18 and 19, the first Training School of SCALA took place at the Institute of Geoinformatics, University of Münster in Germany. The event brought together 15 doctoral candidates, their supervisors and leading domain experts in an intensive two-day event. For the first time in the project, everyone was in the same place, which allowed for getting to know...

SCALA officially started in December 2024 and we held our initial kickoff in Münster just before Christmas. At that time, the doctoral candidates (DCs) were still being recruited, so only the principal investigators and the associated partners got together to learn about what everyone else was up to in terms of research and to plan ahead for the project. At...

We are currently in the process of sending out the final notifications for the optional eligibility check. Thanks to everyone who submitted their application for checking, which allows applications to see whether they fulfil the hard requirements for applying and enables us to better plan for the next phase: the local selection processes. If you received a positive reply, you...